Street-car.



C. F. DAMM.

STREET GAR.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 3. 191a.

Patented Apr. 14, 1914.

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CHARLES E.

DAMM, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

STREET-CAR.

This invention relates to street cars. and

more particularly to cars of'that type which are adapted to stop at the near side of the street crossing and permit the entrance and exit of passengers at the front end of the car. In cars of this character as heretofore constructed great difliculty has been experienced in keeping the aisles or passageways interfere with the ingress and egress of passengers and also to avoid delay in the progress of the car, this being due to the fact that in these cars the passengers last entering the car are liable to blockade the exit aisles or passageways thereof.

It is the object of this invention to so arrange the seats and passageways or aisles within the main body of the car so as to provide separate incoming and outgoing.

aisles for the passengers within the passenger compartment of the car which practically divides the incoming andi outgoing passengers into two lines or streams and thereby avoids interference with the exit of passengers and expediting the transportation of the same as wellas increasing the comfort while traveling, inasmuch as the passengers by this means are. not obliged to crowd past each other in order to get out of the car.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 represents a horizontal section of a street car showing one embodiment of my improve ments. 7 transverse section of the same, taken in line 22, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section of a street car showing another arran ement of the seats and passageways embodying my invention. 7 v

Similar characters ofreference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views. Referring to, the construction shown Figs. 1 and 2, 1 represents the main or pas: senger compartment of the car which coma prises a horizontal floor 2 extending an the same level from. side to side of the main body of the car, two upright longitudinal side walls 3, 4 and a rear transversewall 5.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application'filed February a, 1913. Serial No. 745,781.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary vertical Pat nted Apr. ia, ieia.

. At the front of the car is arranged the usual vestibule 6 which has a transverse front wall 7 and isentirely closed at one of sidewall 8 while.

ts longitudinal sides by a its opposite longitudinal with a front entrance or rear exit doorway 10. 1s arranged a dividing rail ably curves from a point between the exit doorway to the central part of the front side is provided doorway 9 and a Within the vestibulev 11 which prefera end of the passengers compartment so as to form an entrance passageway 12 leading from the entrance doorway to the left hand side of the passengers compartment at the front end thereof, and an exit passageway 13 leading from the front end of the passengers compartment on the right hand side thereof to the exit doorway. Adjacent to the left hand side wall of the vestibule is arranged a dividing rail 14 forminga com- ,partment for the conductor who may occupy a seat 15 arranged within this compartment. Adjacent to the front wall of the vestibule is arranged another dividing rail 16 forming a motormans compartment between this rai and the front vestibule wall which is adapted to be occupied by the" motorman who is usually provided with a seat .17 with in this compartment.

18 represents a row of transverse. passenger seats which are arranged in a longitudinal row in the central part of the front end of the passenger compartment, these central seats being separated from each other the required distance to permit easy ingress and egress of passengers therefrom and the opposite ends of the seats being separated from or stopping short of the adjacent parts of the side walls of the passenger compartment so as to form a longitudinal entrance aisle or passageway 19 at the left hand side of the car in line with the inner end of the entrance passageway of the vestibule and a longitudinal exit aisle or passageway 20 between the right hand ends of the front seats and the right hand longitudinal side wall of the passenger compartment in line with the inner end of the exit passageway of the vestibule.

If desired, the foremost seat 180 within the passengers compartment may .be somewhat shorter that the remaining seats in the front part of this compartment and this seat may face rearwardly and be separated by. a transverse aisle or passageway 21 which is wider than the space between the remaining front seats 18 so as to enable passengers to pass freely from the front part of the entrance aisle to the front part of the exit aisle when leaving the car. Within the rear part'of the passenger compartment are arranged two rows of I transverse seats 22 each of these rows being longitudinal aisle or passageway 23.

arranged lengthwise adjacent to one of the longitudinal walls of the passenger compartmentand fitted close to the latter while the inner ends of the two rows of rear seats are'separated from 'each other by, a central In the central part of the passengers compartment is arranged a transverse aisle or passageway 24 which communicates at its opposite ends with the rear end of the entrance passageway and the rear end of the exit passageway while its central part communicates with the front end of the central main aisle 23.v At the rear end of the car the sameis provided with a transverse seat 25 fitted against the 1 After all, the seats are occupied as many passengerspas may be deemed desirable can remain standing in the entrance aisle at the left side of the passengers compartment .and in the central .aisle of the rear part of this compartment. The right hand or exit aisle 20 should however be always left unobstructed and passengers prohibited from standing in the same so that free exitof passengers through the same is possible at all times from the rear side seats as well as the front central seats; It is therefore possible by gmeans of this arrangement of the seating and passageways to provide a practical d1- vision between the incoming and outgoing passengers which-will avoid any congestion or blocking of the exit of the car and thereby not onlypromote the comfort of the passengers but also facilitate handlin of the same and increase the speed with w ichthe passen'gers may be transported.

Instead of arranging the seats partl in a longitudinalrow in the front part 0 the passenger compartment and partly in two longitudinal rows on opposite sides of the rearpart of the passenger compartment, as shown in Fig. 1, all of the seats 26.may be arranged transversely and in a longitudinal row within the body of the car so as to form inlet and outlet aisles 27, 28 between opposite be established by suitable ends of the seats and the adjacent side walls artout

of the main body or passengers com ment in the car, as shown in Fig. 3, the

end of the inlet aisle 27 communicating with .way leading to one the inner end of the entrance passageway of the vestibule and the frontend of the exit aisle 28 communicating with the inner end of the exit passageway to the vestibule. By this arrangement the incoming passengers and the outgoing passengers are also practically divided so that no interference between the same occurs. ,By allowing passengers to only stand up in the entrance aisle when all the seats have been occupied and prohibiting standing of passengers in the exit aisle, blocking or clogging of the exit is avoided and passengers are able to leave the car quickly and without interference with one another. Y

When all of the seats in the passenger compartment are arranged in a row lengthwise of the central part of this compartment, it is preferable to divide these seats into a front group and a rear group and arrange a transverse aisle 29 between these two groups for enabling passengers standing in the central part of the incoming aisle to reachthe exit aisle more conveniently and quickly and without unduly crowding past othler passengers standing in the incoming am e.

This improved seating arrangement of the car renders it possible to avoid the usual crowding or blocking of the entrance of the car which delays handling the passengers and-permits of accomplishing this desirable result without reducing the seating capacity of the car. As a matter of fact this arrangement of seats permits of actually increasing the "seating capacity .of the car with 0 added advantage of avoiding blocking of the exit aisles and passageways and increasing the speed with which passengers are dis-l charged from the car.

I claim as. my invention:

1. A street car comprising a passengers compartment, a plurality of'transverse seats arranged ina row lengthwise of the central part of said compartment and terminating 'at their opposite ends short of both side walls of the car so as to form two longitudinal aisles between opposite sides of said row of-seats and. the respective side walls and a vestibule havingfan entrance passageexit passageway leading from the other aisle.

. 2. A street car comprising a passengers compartment, a plurality of transverse central seats arranged in a row lengthwise in ,the front part ofsaid compartmentand separated at. their opposite ends by two longitudinal aisles from the adjacent side walls of the car and two rows of transverse-side seats arranged with their outer ends next said aisles and an a I while their opposing inner to the side walls of the rear part of the car ends are separated by an intervening aisle extending lengthwise of the central rear part of said compartment. 7

3 A street car comprising a passengers con'ipartinent, a plurality of transverse central seats arranged in a row lengthwise in the front part of said compartment and separated at their opposite ends by two longi tndinal aisles from the adjacent side walls of the car, two rows of transverse side seats arranged with their outer ends next to the side walls of the rear part of the car while their opposing inner ends are separated by an intervening aisle extending lengthwise of the central rear part of said compartment and said compartment being provided withv a transverse aisle between the central front seats and the rear side seats and communieating at its opposite ends with the front side aisles and at its center with the central rear aisle. 7

4. A street car comprising a passengers compartment, a plurality of transverse central seats arranged in a row lengthwise in the front part of said compartment and separated at their opposite ends by two longitudinal aisles from the adjacent side walls of the car, tworows of transverse side seats arranged with their outer ends next to the side walls of the rear part of the car while their opposing inner ends are separated by an intervening aisle extending lengthwise of the central rear part of said compartment and said compartment being provided with a transverse aisle between the central front seats and the rear side seats and communicating at, its opposite ends with the front side aisles and at central rear aisle,

its center with the and a vestibule provided with an entrance passageway leading to the front end of one of said front side aisles and an exit passageway leading from the front end of the other front side aisle.

itness my hand this first day of February, 1913.

CHARLES F. DAMM.

Witnesses.

THEO. L. Porn, ANNA HEIGIS. 

